The Los Angeles entry in the new Women’s Professional Soccer, scheduled to start play in April, has yet to announce its name or team colors.

But as of Monday, it finally has enough players – 12 – to field a team, assuming all the players either allocated or picked in the three drafts held so far sign contracts.

A total of 28 players were picked by the seven franchises today during a four-round general draft Separate drafts for top U.S. national team and international players were held previously.

All four L.A. picks were formerly with the W-League’s New Jersey Wildcats, where Los Angeles general manager Charlie Naimo coached before he jumped this year to expansion W-League franchise Pali Blues, which promptly went out and won the league title.

Picked was Canadian national team goalkeeper Karina LeBlanc, defender Kendall Fletcher, U.S.national team striker Christie Welsh and former Pac-10 Player of the Year Manya Makoski (Arizona State).

“We know these players intimately, so there weren’t many risks that were taken,” Naimo said. “We know what we’re going to get and there’s a lot of versatility in the players that were selected. We’re in a great place.”

Especially when combined with U.S. internationals Shannon Boxx of Torrance, generally considered the world’s best female holding midfielder; defender Stephanie Cox, the youngest player on the 2007 World Cup team and the first Latino to make a major impact on the national team; and veteran midfielder Aly Wagner, who has more than 100 caps.

Los Angeles is negotiating with five foreign stars: Brazil’s Marta, acknowledged as the best female player in the world; Japanese midfielder Aya Miyama, a dead-ball specialist who can take free kicks with either foot and had the British media comparing her to David Beckham at the Olympics; Chinese striker Han Duan; Camille Abily of France, who scored a hat trick against Greece in a Euro 2009 qualifying game; and Iceland’s prolific Margaret Vidarsdottir, the top scorer at the Algarve Cup who averages a goal a game for her national side.

“I think we’re going to be one of the best attacking sides in the league,” Naimo said. “We have a fantastic goalkeeper. There isn’t a team in the league that can say they have better attacking options than we do.”

Naimo, who was late for this interview because he was on the phone with Marta’s agent, is optimistic she will sign with the WPS from the Swedish side for which she currently plays.

“L.A. would be a great place for her, and I think her agent believes that,” he said. “We’re working very diligently on getting (the deal) done and getting her here.”

In a sense, it’s remarkable we’re even talking about a “here” when it comes to women’s professional soccer.

The WPS’ predecessor, the Women’s United Soccer Association, burned through its five-year, $40 million budget in just three years and collapsed after the 2003 season.

“Everyone has been waiting for this to come back, but we’ve got to do it right this time around,” said Abner Rogers, the L.A. team’s London-born coach. “We feel it’s the last crack of the whip. Let’s get it right so we have something for the future for these kids.”

So the seven teams – there are also franchises in the Bay Area, Chicago, Boston, Washington, St Louis and New York – are keeping a closer eye on finances this time around.

The salary cap is about $540,000 and L.A. – its name and colors will be announced later this month, perhaps at the Oct. 26 Galaxy game (Galaxy owner AEG owns half the team, along with Pali Blues owner Ruidi Bianchi) – is aiming for crowds of around 6,000 in Carson.

More than 500 fans , including four by the Southern California franchise that will play at Home Depot Center. also already have put down modest $25 season-ticket deposits, Naimo said.

The team will play its games at the main soccer stadium, closing off two sides of the venue, and is in discussions to perhaps play doubleheaders with the Galaxy, Naimo said.

Resuming play six years after the WUSA folded, the WPS is very much version 2.0.

Gone are the retired Mia Hamm, Michelle Akers and Julie Foudy, while familiar veterans Brandi Chastain and Tiffeny Milbrett were passed over in Monday’s draft.

Still, the WPS already has what the WUSA lacked – a national television contract on a legitimate channel. The league announced Monday that Fox Soccer Channel will air a minimum of 20 regular-season games on Sunday nights, with its two semifinals and championship game on Fox Sports Net.

“It’s going to be around a lot longer, for one,” said Naimo when asked about the differences between WPS and the WUSA. “I think there’s a lot more sensible things happening, especially when you consider the budget and the approach that’s being taken right now. There are better business minds involved.”

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